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BargainPDA.com has published a thorough (and extensive) review of Sharp's Zaurus SL-6000, a Linux based PDA that began shipping in the US in the fall of last year.

Reviewer Ian Giblin begins the review with a comparison of Zaurus models currently available, including the 5500, 5600, C760/C780, and SL-6000. Giblin then raves about the SL-6000's LCD, demonstrating its superiority with several clever screenshots.

Giblin then looks at the SL-6000's keyboard, which he says is “just pretty good.” A photo of the keyboard next to the C-860 keyboard shows how much smaller it is. Amazingly, Giblin claims to have entire 8,000-word written the review on his C-860 using its tiny keyboard.

Giblin goes on to make many further observations, including:

Battery life is okay, when not using Wi-Fi

Software keyboard and handwriting recognition have a few quirks

The audio jack is meant for a telephone headset, not stereo headphones